Conversing among the Ruins: the Persistence of the Baroque

The Western Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies invites proposals for the 2018 annual meeting (www.wsecs.org). The society will meet February 16-17, 2018 during the Presidents’ Day weekend at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas in conjunction with the Baroque Festival hosted by the UNLV School of Music (www.lasvegasbaroquefestival.com). The theme is "Conversing among the Ruins: the Persistence of the Baroque." Our plenary is Prof. Steven D. Zohn, Laura H. Carnell Professor of Music History, Temple University, “Morality and the ‘Fair-Sexing’ of Telemann’s Faithful Music Master." Interdisciplinary papers treating any aspect of eighteenth-century thought and culture are invited, and possible topics could include:

Baroque Court Culture and Autocracy Baroque Music in Exile Beyond Europe: Music from Africa and the Americas

The Neo-Baroque and Postmodernism

Please address your correspondence to organizers Gregory S. Brown, Professor of History (gregory.brown@unlv.edu) and Timothy Erwin, Professor of English (timothy.erwin@unlv.edu). The deadline for paper and panel proposals alike is November 1, 2017.